Correction:
In the April 2002 issue of the Bulletin, the date of death for Francis E.
Harrington was misstated. Harrington, a longtime Portland lawyer and former legislator
credited with creaton of Oregon’s no-fault divorce bill, died Feb. 19, 2002. He
was 91.

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Long-retired Portland lawyer Beatrice Mary
Paget died June 1, 2002 at age 105.

She was born Oct. 11, 1896 in Wells, Ore., a
small farming community near Corvallis. In the 1920s, she attended law school, a
time when it was rare for women to do so. She and her husband, Lowell Paget, practiced
in Portland together until the birth of their first child. She reduced her work
schedule, but continued her law practice, mostly in contracts, wills and estates.
The Pagets were both active in politics. Her husband was elected to the Oregon Legislature
in 1932 and was a national Republican party committee member from 1960 until his
death in 1967. Mary Paget was president of the League of Women Voters in 1935 and
was credited with successfully lobbying for the Aid to Dependent Children bill.
She was a founding member of the Queen’s Bench and served as vice president and
secretary-treasurer. She resigned from the bar in 1962, after 43 years of practice.

Survivors include two daughters and two sons.

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Longtime North Portland lawyer and civic booster
Homer L. Allen died June 8, 2002. He was 80.

Allen was born March 27, 1922 on a farm near
American Falls, Idaho. He attended his first eight grades of school in a two-room
country school, and later high school in American Falls. He excelled as a cornet
player in the school’s marching band, which was invited to the Rose Festival parade
in Portland and the Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif.

He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1940 and during
World War II served in Alaska and the Pacific. He received two presidential unit
citations, the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism and a Purple Heart for injuries
suffered when his plane was shot down near the Philippines.

After the war, he attended Vanport College and
Willamette University, earning a law degree in 1951. He was a sole practitioner
in North Portland his entire career, and in 2001 was honored as a 50-year member
of the OSB.

Allen was active in community affairs. He ran
as a candidate for state representative, promoted the 'Delta Dome' sports
complex for North Portland’s Delta Park and advocated the four-year degree program
for Portland State College (successor to Vanport College). He was the past president
and longtime member of the Peninsula Optimist Club, a 42-year member of the Kiwanis
and an active suupport of Lombard Boosters.

He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Lee,
two sons and one daughter.

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Reno lawyer Lisa C. Vogt died in January
of this year. She was 36.

Vogt was born Sept. 29, 1965 in Greenville, Calif.,
and lived most of her life in the Reno, Nev. area. She was a graduate of Reno High,
obtained her bachelor’s degree from the University of Nevada, Reno, and went on
to gain her law degree from Willamette College, passing the Oregon bar in 1994 and
the Nevada bar in 1999. She was a board member of the Committee to Aid Abused Women
and worked with the Nevada Diabetes Association. She was an accomplished linguist,
speaking both French and Mandarin Chinese. She had many interests and many friends,
who described her as 'Renaissance woman' full of humor and curiosity.
In the mid 1990s, she was employed in Portland at Standard Insurance and Hoffman,
Hart & Wagner. At the time of her death, she had a solo practice in Reno.

She is survived by her three brothers and their
families.

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Longtime Medford attorney A.E. 'Gene'
Piazza, known for his commitment to mentoring young lawyers and providing services
pro bono for low-income clients, died June 28, 2002. He was 75.

Piazza was born in Portland on April 13, 1927.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, serving one year in Japan, and moved
to the Rogue Valley in 1954 from Eugene. He worked as an attorney with Harbison,
Piazza, Kellington for a few years before going into private practice, handling
business, real estate and probate cases. He served as Jackson County assistant district
attorney from 1954 to 1956 and was past president of the Jackson County Bar Association.
He was a longtime member of the OSB Estate Planning and Probate Committee and the
Professionalism Commission, and was an author of a chapter on probate in a OSB CLE
publication. He was also past president of the Southern Oregon Historical Society
and a board member of the Britt Society.

Friends said Piazza’s generosity extended to
fellow attorneys, with whom he would freely share knowledge. He mentored many young
attorneys during his career. The family has established a memorial fund to support
an annual Attorney Professionalism Award to recognize attorneys in southern Oregon
for commitment to pro bono and mentoring.

When not practicing law, Piazza enjoyed getting
together with fellow jazz musicians, fishing and bowling.

He is survived by his wife, Patricia, sons Gene
Piazza (an OSB member) of Jacksonville and Stephen Piazza of Lake Oswego, and daughter
Nancy Cobb of Lake Oswego.